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Motorola had to change the Bionic's processor and now they just announced the Photon 4G which seems pretty similar to the Bionic except a Tegra 2 with WiMax instead of LTE. Same qHD display at 4.3", 8 mp camera (starting to seem familiar?) with no hump, vga FF camera.

So I'm guessing Moto really did have trouble with the Bionic and Tegra 2....no wonder it's been delayed.

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Yeah, that's been talked about for quite awhile. Nvidia says it's not their chip, as is evidenced by the upcoming LTE version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. But clearly Motorola has issues with it. The Xoom is the prime example of that. It was supposed to have LTE already, but it doesn't, and the time frame for it's upgrade is the same as the launch of the redesigned Bionic - summer.

Between the Bionic and the Xoom, there's clearly some sort of issue that Motorola has had with LTE and the Tegra 2.

...and the Phonton has global GSM capabilities? Dang, if the Bionic were to drop with that I'd have to totally rethink my planned purchase of a Droid 3 this month.

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Well it's not just Moto. Verizon stopped the preorders for the galaxy tab with lte too so it may have something to do with the tegra 2 and LTE. It would be nice if the. Bionic had that too. Personally I wouldn't use it since I think it's too expensive to use my cell out of the country but I guess it's nice for people who travel a lot. And the Droid 3 is going to be global?

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Personally I wouldn't use it since I think it's too expensive to use my cell out of the country but I guess it's nice for people who travel a lot. And the Droid 3 is going to be global?

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It's not expensive if you get the SIM slot unlocked and use local SIM cards from the places you travel to. It's dirt cheap actually. That's what I do with my Droid Pro. Now if you use the pre-installed Verizon SIM card internationally, you'll be paying an arm and a leg. Unless you have to keep the same number where ever you go, the smart thing to do is use local SIM cards. I'm required to travel internationally, so GSM capabilities are of the utmost importance for me.

There hasn't been any official information or leaks about it, but according to trusted insiders, the Droid 3 is supposed to be global.

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I honestly have no idea either but that's what we're hearing. I don't know how the inter-workings of a cell phone works but Motorola probably had a good reason for changing it. This delay could potentially cost them money so they must think that the benefits of changing the device, outweigh potential losses of having a phone that handles less than expected.